Occurrence of Arcellidae (Amorphea, Arcellinida) in a coastal stream in the State of Rio de Janeiro

2020 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
pp. e52710
Author(s):  
Viviane Bernardes dos Santos Miranda ◽  
Tatiane Mantovano ◽  
Yemna Gomes da Silva ◽  
Fábio Amodêo Lansac-Tôha ◽  
Rosana Mazzoni
Keyword(s):  
Species Identification ◽  
New Taxa ◽  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
Web Of Science ◽  
Morphological Characteristics ◽  
Testate Amoebae ◽  
The State ◽  
Amount Of Information ◽  
The Family ◽  
Coastal Streams

The aim of this study was to elaborate a taxonomic survey on the testate amoebae of the Family Arcellidae in coastal streams in the State of Rio de Janeiro. Six samplings were conducted in Ubatiba coastal stream (Maricá, RJ). In total, 130 liters water were filtered through a conical net of 60-μm mesh and preserved in 4% formalin. Organisms were identified with the aid of an inverted trinocular microscope. The morphological characteristics (lobose testate amoebae with shell composed of granular chitinoid elements) of each species were recorded. The species were described and illustrated. For the verification of new taxa records of Arcellidae in Rio de Janeiro and their distribution in Brazil, a search based on index articles by Scopus, Web of Science and Google Scholar using the keywords "tecamebas", "testate amoebae", "Arcella", "Arcellidae", "Brazil" and "Rio de Janeiro", was performed. Eight Arcellidae species were recorded. Some ecological and taxonomic information was provided. Due to the small amount of information on testate amoebae, this study is important because it reduces the knowledge gap regarding this community in the State of Rio de Janeiro. Furthermore, we suggest new studies on species identification to be conducted to expand regional knowledge about these organisms.

Phytoseiid mites (Acari: Phytoseiidae) on Myrtaceae in the State of S o Paulo, Brazil

Zootaxa ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 516 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. C. LOFEGO ◽  
G. J. DE MORAES ◽  
L. A.S. CASTRO
Keyword(s):  
Plant Species ◽  
Morphological Characteristics ◽  
Mite Species ◽  
Predatory Mite ◽  
The State ◽  
Southeastern Brazil ◽  
Phytoseiid Mites ◽  
The Family

Eighteen predatory mite species of the family Phytoseiidae are reported from three sites of the Cerrado ecosystem in the State of S o Paulo, southeastern Brazil, on seven plant species of the family Myrtaceae. This paper provides a list of those species and compares relevant morphological characteristics of the specimens collected with those of the original descriptions and/ or redescriptions of the corresponding species. A key is provided to help in the separation of the species mentioned in the paper. Some of the species collected have been reported as common predators on dominant crops in the region where the work was done. Their occurrence on Myrtaceae plants found naturally in the Cerrado ecosystem indicates that those plants could represent important reservoirs of those predators.

scholarly journals Flora da Bahia: Gentianaceae

2014 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriela Barros Siqueira ◽  
Fabio Da Silva Do Espirito Santo ◽  
Alessandro Rapini
Keyword(s):  
Species Identification ◽  
Geographic Distribution ◽  
The State ◽  
Distribution Maps ◽  
Identification Keys ◽  
The Family ◽  
First Time

This is a taxonomic account of the Gentianaceae of Bahia State, Brazil. We recognized 40 species, distributed among 12 genera: Calolisianthus (2 species), Chelonanthus (4), Coutoubea (2), Curtia (2), Deianira (4), Helia (H. oblongifolia), Macrocarpaea (5), Prepusa (P. montana), Schultesia (12), Symphyllophyton (S. caprifolioides), Tetrapollinia (T. caerulescens) and Voyria (5). Chelonanthus albus, C. viridiflorus and Deianira erubescens are reported for the first time in the State. Descriptions for the family, genus and species, identification keys, geographic distribution maps, illustrations, and general comments about the species are presented.

scholarly journals First record of Eumastacidae in Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil (Orthoptera, Caelifera)

Check List ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (5) ◽  
pp. 1165-1169
Author(s):  
Renan da Silva Olivier ◽  
Adriano M. Siqueira ◽  
João M.V. Lima ◽  
Pedro G.B. Souza Dias
Keyword(s):  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
Original Description ◽  
First Record ◽  
The State ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
The Family ◽  
Janeiro State

Eutemnomastax Descamps, 1979 comprises four species and occurs in the states of Espírito Santo, Bahia, Minas Gerais, and Pernambuco. Eutemnomastax burri Descamps, 1982 is recorded for Bahia and Espírito Santo. Herein, we provide the first record of E. burri since its original description, and the first record of the genus and the family Eumastacidae from the state of Rio de Janeiro. We also provide photographs of primary types of E. burri that were destroyed in the fire at the Museu Nacional, and a distribution map for Eutemnomastax species.

scholarly journals The amphibians of the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: an updated and commented list

2018 ◽  
Vol 58 ◽  
pp. 5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thiago Arnt Dorigo ◽  
Davor Vrcibradic ◽  
Carlos Frederico Duarte Rocha
Keyword(s):  
Species Richness ◽  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
New Taxa ◽  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
New Records ◽  
The State ◽  
Amphibian Species ◽  
High Species Richness ◽  
Forest Biome

The amphibian fauna of the state of Rio de Janeiro, in southeatern Brazil, is characterized by high species richness and rates of endemism, and is still insufficiently known. A first list of amphibian species with occurrence in the state was published in 2004 and reported 166 taxa, but since then many new records, descriptions of new taxa, and revalidations and synonymizations of species have consistently improved the knowledge about the state’s amphibian biodiversity. Thus, a review and update of that list was deemed necessary. We herein present an updated and commented list of amphibian species occurring in the state of Rio de Janeiro based on a survey of the literature. We recorded the occurrence of a total of 201 species of amphibians (197 anurans and four caecilians) in Rio de Janeiro, with 54 of them (ca. 27%) considered to be endemic of the state. Our study presents an increase in species richness of 21% since the publication of the previous list, indicating a consistent advance in knowledge of the composition of the amphibian fauna in the state. In spite of its relatively small territorial extension (total area ca. 43,800 km²), the state of Rio de Janeiro contains nearly 20% of the amphibian species known to occur in Brazil and around 40% of those occurring in the Atlantic Forest biome. Thus, that state constitutes an important reservoir of amphibian biodiversity in the Atlantic Forest biome and in Brazil, as a whole.

scholarly journals Helio Gelli Pereira. 23 September 1918 — 16 August 1994

1999 ◽  
Vol 45 ◽  
pp. 379-396
Author(s):  
John Skehel ◽  
D.A.J. Tyrrell
Keyword(s):  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
Small Town ◽  
The State ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
Maternal Grandfather ◽  
Azores Islands ◽  
The Family ◽  
Summer Palace ◽  
A Chain ◽  
Set Up

Dr Helio Pereira, who was known internationally for his work on the viruses of vertebrates, died on 16 August 1994 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was born on 23 September 1918 in the small town of Petropolis in the state of Rio de Janeiro, where his father Raul Pereira Geronymo had been born. His grandparents were Portuguese and came from the Azores islands to set up a modest grocery business in Petropolis. His mother's family originated from Italy. His maternal grandfather had earned his living from eel fishing but in 1893 came to Brazil and started a cabinet-making business, which grew into a prosperous furniture factory and a chain of furniture shops run by members of the family. Helio lived for the first five years of his life in Petropolis, the site of the Imperial summer palace, which was then a small summer mountain resort near Rio de Janeiro with a permanent population largely of German, Italian and Portuguese descent. Of that period he remembered mainly the life in his mother's family. This centred on the patriarchal figure of his grandfather and comprised a close-knit family of twelve sons and daughters and their wives, husbands and children. The family followed Italian customs to a large extent but these were influenced by the more easy-going Brazilian way of life, and so the general atmosphere was light-hearted and cheerful.

scholarly journals Diversity and distribution of coccidia of wild birds in an Atlantic forest fragment area in southeastern Brazil

2017 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 457-464 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrícia Silva de Oliveira ◽  
Matheus Alexandre Ferreira ◽  
Lidiane Maria da Silva ◽  
Mariana Borges Rodrigues ◽  
Sergian Vianna Cardozo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
Wide Distribution ◽  
The State ◽  
Wild Birds ◽  
Southeastern Brazil ◽  
Forest Fragment ◽  
The Family ◽  
New Hosts ◽  
Coccidian Species

Abstract Coccidia are protozoan parasites that are frequently observed in fecal samples from wild birds, and they are extremely important for biodiversity, host specificity and conservation. The aim of the present study was to identify and quantify the coccidian species from wild birds caught in a fragmented area of Atlantic Forest in the municipality of Guapimirim in the state of Rio de Janeiro, which is located around the Serra dos Órgãos National Park. A total of 101 birds were caught and identified. The highest prevalence and density were observed in the family Columbidae (Columbiformes). Among the families of Passeriformes, the highest prevalences and densities were of birds in the families Thraupidae and Turdidae. The majority of the positive samples and those with higher densities were collected in the afternoons. Eleven coccidian species of Isospora and Eimeria were identified. Seven of these species that were morphologically identified are undescribed in the scientific literature and are believed to be new species. The present study highlights the wide distribution and dispersion of coccidia of wild birds in southeastern Brazil, and records the municipality of Guapimirim, in the state of Rio de Janeiro, as a new locality for parasitism, along with the new hosts recorded.

scholarly journals Erythroxylaceae, Erythroxylum subsessile (Mart.) O.E. Schulz in Espírito Santo: Distribution extension

Check List ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 1292 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suzana Bissacot Barbosa
Keyword(s):  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
The State ◽  
Espírito Santo ◽  
The Family ◽  
Espirito Santo ◽  
Janeiro State

Erythroxylaceae have tropical and subtropical distribution with four genera and about 250 species. Erythroxylum is the biggest genus of the family with approximately 100 species cited for Brazil. Erythroxylum subsessile (Mart.) O.E. Schulz is a species cited just for Rio de Janeiro state and now first recorded for the state of Espírito Santo, increasing its area of distribution.

California

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Roberto Alvarez
Keyword(s):  
The State ◽  
Social Cartography ◽  
Family Network ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Us ◽  
Mexico Border ◽  
Police Surveillance ◽  
Us Mexico Border

I utilize my situated position as anthropologist, academician, and citizen to argue not only that we should “think” California, but also that we should “rethink” our state—both its condition and its social cartography. To be clear, I see all my research and endeavors—my research on the US/Mexico border; my time among the markets and entrepreneurs I have worked and lived with; my focus on those places in which I was raised: Lemon Grove, Logan Heights; the family network and my community ethnographic work—as personal. I am in this academic game and the telling of our story because it is personal. When Lemon Grove was segregated, it was about my family; when Logan Heights was split by the construction of Interstate 5 and threatened by police surveillance, it was about our community; when the border was sanctioned and militarized it again was about the communities of which I am a part. A rethinking California is rooted in the experience of living California, of knowing and feeling the condition and the struggles we are experiencing and the crises we have gone through. We need to rethink California, especially the current failure of the state. This too is ultimately personal, because it affects each and every one of us, especially those historically unrepresented folks who have endured over the decades.

Beetles of the family Cryptophagidae (Coleoptera) in the collection of Zoological Museum of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 10-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Ocheretna
Keyword(s):  
Species Identification ◽  
Broad Sense ◽  
Zoological Museum ◽  
World War ◽  
Identification Number ◽  
Comprehensive List ◽  
Carpathian Region ◽  
The Family ◽  
National University ◽  
Collection Sites

The Cryptophagidae collection (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea) deposited at the Zoological Museum of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (ZMKU) is described. The main authors of the collection are well-known researchers from the 1910–1930s, Orest Marcu and Karl Penecke. This is the largest collection of cryptophagids among the natural museums of Ukraine containing 304 specimens belonging to 85 species of 13 genera. In addition, 15 specimens of 5 species belonging to the families Erotylidae, Biphyllidae and Languriidae were among Cryptophagidae specimens. The collection, according to information available in the ZMKU, came to the museum not earlier than 1947 as the indemnity for the results of the II World War, most likely from Chernivtsi, where Marcu and Penecke worked. The vast majority of specimens is collected in the territory of modern Romania and Ukraine, and many specimens came from Chernivtsi. A table with an overview of all key details of the specimens is given, in which there are 6 fields: the name of the species on the label, details on the species identification, number of specimens, collection locality with the name of collector and remarks on the specimen, in particular, the instructions for decoding collection sites from the original labels. Annotations are made on the amount of the collection and the most important specimens and re-identification for each of the 13 genera. Some specimens are lost, probably during numerous collection migrations. In particular, some species (Cryptophagus simplex, C. lapidicola, C. nitidulus, Caenoscelis subdeplanata, Atomaria grandicollis, A. peltata, etc.) are represented in the collection only by the labels. The collection is important for the analysis of the composition of the fauna of the Carpathian region in the broad sense, since some species are encountered in the collection rarely; therefore it is important to clarify their locations to form the most comprehensive list of species of the Cryptophagids in the region. Several species of the family were included on the actual list of the fauna of the region on the basis of the study of this collection, in particular: Atomaria linearis, A. analis, A. apicalis, A. gravidula, Cryptophagus fasciatus, C. setulosus, etc.

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